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Lexicon :: Strong's G4123 - pleonektēs

Aa
πλεονέκτης
Transliteration
pleonektēs (Key)
Pronunciation
pleh-on-ek'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
4x in 3 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:266,864

Strong’s Definitions

πλεονέκτης pleonéktēs, pleh-on-ek'-tace; from G4119 and G2192; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder):—covetous.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4123 in the following manner: covetous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4123 in the following manner: covetous (4x).

  1. one eager to have more, esp. what belongs to others

  2. greedy of gain, covetous

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλεονέκτης pleonéktēs, pleh-on-ek'-tace; from G4119 and G2192; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder):—covetous.
STRONGS G4123:
πλεονέκτης, πλεονέκτου, ὁ (πλέον and ἔχω);
1. one eager to have more, especially what belongs to others ((Thucydides 1, 40, 1 (cf. Herodotus 7, 158)); Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 3);
2. greedy of gain, covetous: 1 Corinthians 5:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 5:5; Sir. 14:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
5:10; 5:11; 6:10
Ephesians
5:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4123 matches the Greek πλεονέκτης (pleonektēs),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - I did not at all G3843 mean with the sexually G4205 immoral G4205 people G4205 of this G3778 world G2889, or G2228 with the greedy G4123 and swindlers G727, or G2228 with idolaters G1496, for then G686 you would have G3784 to leave G1831 the world G2889.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 - But [fn]actually G3568, I [fn]wrote G1125 to you not to associate G4874 [fn]with any G5100 so-called G3687 brother G80 if G1437 he is a sexually G4205 immoral G4205 person G4205, or G2228 a greedy G4123 person G4123, or G2228 an idolater G1496, or G2228 is verbally G3060 abusive G3060, or G2228 habitually G3183 drunk G3183, or G2228 a swindler G727—not even G3366 to eat G4906 with such G5108 a G5108 person G5108.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor G3777 thieves G2812, nor G3777 the greedy G4123, nor G3756 those habitually G3183 drunk G3183, nor G3756 verbal G3060 abusers G3060, nor G3756 swindlers G727, will inherit G2816 the kingdom G932 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - For this G3778 you know G6063 with certainty G1097, that no G3756 G3956 sexually G4205 immoral G4205 or G2228 [fn]impure G169 or G2228 greedy G4123 person G4123, which G3739 [fn]amounts to an idolater G1496, has G2192 an inheritance G2817 in the kingdom G932 of Christ G5547 and God G2316.
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